IN THE BALKANS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13663, 4 September 1916, Page 3

IN THE BALKANS.

RUMANIA'S THREE ARMIES. REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS. (Australian nml N.Z. Cable Association.) Received September.'!, at 5.5 p.m. PARIS, September 1 The Riimaiiiiui armies are operating in Transylvania. The lirst, called the Moldavian army, under (leneral Cotlesou, crossed Planlfa .Pass and constitutes the right wing. The wing has already junetioned with the Russians, The second or Wallachian army, under General Coamla, a military specialist, uudcrtook a lightning offensive against tliv Austrian#. . Tljis army crossed the Predeal and Red 'Tower passes, aiming at Brasso and Hermannstadt, The third army under General Averescu, aims at tho Banal 1 -, and is expected to march, via. Vcrciorovo and Jioul valleys. Meanwhile the southern frontier is guarded in anticipation of Bulgaria's declaration of war, RUMANIAN PREMIER'S STATEMENT. ' (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association.) Received Septemberat- 5.5 p.m. - LONDON, September 2. • The Athens correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: A year ago M,

J. Braliano (Premier of Rumania)-said: When you hear that Rumania enters the war, if 1 am Premier, you may be sure that I have made myself secure of victory ten times over before I plunge the country into the struggle. The duration of the war thereafter will not exceed six months. J am of opinion that tlio Balkan Slates cannot sustain wars of longer duration,

VON lIINDjJNBURG'H INTENTIONS,

FULL FORCE AGAINST RUMANIA,

(Australian ami N.tf. Cable Association,) Received September 3, at',5.5 p.m. LONDON, September 2." Frankfort reports, state that ' Ger mans have arrived at Klaiisenburg. The Austrians have evacuated Mar ossksarholv.

Received September.'!, at 5.5 p.m. PARIS, September 2. It is believed that Germany and Austria aro preparing to bring" the full weight of their effort against the southem Rumanian frontier, whether a heavy movement of troops is in progress. Marshal von Hindeiiburg's Jirst effort will be the Danube. This may mean that they will lie content to hold the western front, if necessary by withdrawing upon a shorter line.

SWAY OF THE BATTLE. REPORTS FROM: THE AUSTRIANS, (Australian ami M, Cable Association), Received September 3, at 5.5 p.m. LONDON, September :'.. An Austrian communique, says: The enemy was again repulsed on Thursiiav near Orsovu, and in the vicinitv ■ of Hercules Baths. Wo evacuated'Nagywezbyn and •Scr.siszfgyofry in accordance with the general sitaiitiou. IXag-ywezbyn is the Hungarian name of lleniiflnnsiailt.|

Received September'.'!, at '>."> p.m. . LONDON, September 2. An Austrian communique says: After five days fierce battles, near Orsova, we withdrew to tlie western bank at Oherna. New engagements developed in tin; Gyergyo mountains. Our DnnuI'iiiii llolillii Hank a Humanism patrol boat. KING FERDINAND'S MESSAGE, RUMANIA'S ASPIRATIONS. "OUR BROTHERS BEYOND THE FRONTIER." BUCHAREST, September.2, The King in a message" to liis soldiers says:— "Our brothers impatiently await you bcyonrl the frontier with hearts full of hope; you have if desperate struggle before you, but with Clod's help, victory will be ours,'

The sale of alcohol is prohibited in Rumania with heavy penalties.

BULGARS AND CENTRAL POWERS. WILL THEY EIGHT RUMANIA* REPORTED DECLARATION OP WAR, (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association,) PORTLAND (Oregon); September. 1. Bulgaria has declared war on Rumania. AN ACT OP WAR. ' RUMANIANS OCCUPY BULGAR TOWN. (Australian and N.H. Cable Association.) .AMSTERDAM, September 2. It is reported at Berlin that the Rumanians have occupied Rustehuk (a Bulgarian town on the Danube). DISPOSING OF BULGARIA, PROMPT ACTION URGED. , (Australian and N.Z. Cubic Association,) PARIS, September 1. The French press urges united Allied action against Sofia, with the object of rapidly disposing of the Bulgarian situation.

■RUMANIA'S GREAT SPRING.

IMMENSE ADVANTAGES OF PREPAREDNESS,

(Australian nnd N.Z, Cabin Association.) LONDON, September 2,

; A Bucharest wireless message slates that the Rumanian army on the evening of the declaration of Avar was ready to take tip' Us positions, and crossed the Carpathian crests from Bultuwtna and the Danube with a single bound. The attacks were made from Wallaclria northwards, and Moldavia westwards, the principal operations being* in Yi rallachia,"whence three important''attacks were made on the,valleys of the Jic, Alt, ;and Prakova. The .Rumanians were momentarily held in check at Orsova, on the extreme left front, but during the past two days they have crossed tile entire Orsovn. zone following the line 'of the Danube. , \ Tin; attack on the Moldavian side has been appreciably extended in the direction of Gmiies't-Palamraiid Oituz, On the extreme north of this line the Rumanians on the iirst day junctioned with General LetchitskyV 'Russian troops, The general attack enabled an advance on Wednesday of twenty-live miles, along almost the entire front., greatest advance being in the vicinity of Jlermanstndt. The rapidity of the' advance broke down numerous successive defence lines, enabling the capture of ammunition depots, The Hungarians, since the outbreak of the war, had powerfully fortified this elevated l zone.

RETREAT IN. TRANSYLVANIA, . AUSTRTANS'POOR SHOWING, ("Reuters 'JVlognims.") • PARIS, September 1. It is reported that the Austrians have evacuated nearly a quarter of Transylvania, -The Rumanians to the northward have reached' Czergys—the terminus of 'important, railway LONDON, September' 2.' The Austrians are preparing for the linos, evacuation of Bistritz (Hungary) before the advancing Russo-Ruiiiauians, EFFECT IN AUSTRIA. GROWING DEPRESSION REPORTED (Australian sndJf.Z, Cable Association,) LONDON,' September 1. The Anstro-ITungarian newspapers are distinctly depressed. ROME, September 1, A wireless message states 'that Hungary is arming all citizens irrespective of .'age.

OniMimulrcil thousand fugitives from 'Transylvania are invading' Hungary. There,is general alarm at the, rapidity of the Rumanian advance'ami the weakness of Hungary's defences. Hungary has already lost all the principal Transylvauiau towns and the Alpine passes,

SERBIAN TROOPS IN RUMANIA. CO-OPERATE WITH RUSSIANS. (Australian anil N.Z, Cable Assooialiou), PETROGBAD, September 2. It" is officially announced that Serbian troops have entered Rumania and are co-operating with the Russians, WAR AGAINST BULGARIA. COMMAND OF RUSSIANS' INVASION. '(Auslrnliau and H.Z, Cabin Association.) ROME, September 1. 'General Eadlto Dinitrieff commands the Russian forces operating against Bulgaria,

SHAMELESS BETRAYAL OF : GREECE, ; BELGARS.OCCUPY FORTS. i ("The Times" Service) LONDON, September 1. A Salonika correspondent telegraphs that the Bulgarians, without firing a shot, secured possession of seventeen (Greek forts containing huge quantities ,of provisions and hundreds of guns,